Did anyone see all the kick back about this?
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https://x.com/roughtrade/status/1819739444460536085?s=46&t=KwVhsyfPqeAqw9BAoyWxBA
Nooo!!
Out of curiosity I plugged in a reasonably valuable record that Iâd like to get rid of (Whiskeytownâs Strangers Almanac) to see what theyâd offer me.
ÂŁ7.36
Any info on what the actual program was for those that donât know?
Nvm just saw it in the other thread. The name too, lol. Tone deaf. âWe buy housesâ vibes.
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Such a shit shop. They have been a rip off for ages. Get by on name alone
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Didnât know what this was
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I like the rough trade east space for in stores and the book range but yeah the prices are an absolute joke and the range is actually poor for a shop of that size. Itâs more about how many ârough trade exclusiveâ colours they can stock.
It was probably a sign of things to come when they opened that strange under a clothes shop branch in soho and thereâs bins of supposed ârareâ stuff in shocking condition at overly high prices. I do wonder if theyâve had a change in management/direction
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Buying anything from the website in the last few years has become an ordeal too. If itâs not a preorder itâll usually take weeks to arrive. Also ordered a couple of books from them last year and they arrived damaged, got some replacements which were also damaged so gave up and got a refund.
During the lockdown most places tried to improve their online offering, Rough Trade decided to do the opposite.
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Moved their warehouse to Bristol didnât they? Which caused a lot of the problems if memory serves.
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I remember moving to London in 2009 and within a week I went down to Rough Trade East because of its reputation and it blew my mind - the range of stuff I could never get in my local townâs HMV just completely opened up my tastes. Ended up walking out with Shackleton Three EPs.
Even little things like having âThe Wireâ magazine prominently displayed made me buy a copy and opened my mind even more.
Really disheartening to walk in after a few years and see them peddling the âEssentialsâ for ÂŁ5 more than anyone else.
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I started out going to the âeastâ one when it was in the basement of slam city skates in Covent Garden and it was just a treasure trove of obscure American band lps and 7s as well as short run uk indie stuff. It just feels a world away from that now.
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Ditto I remember the gigs in the basement too which were ace, although I know middle-aged me would be intolerant of how cramped it was down there these days.
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Something that keeps bubbling up in my Discogs âmost valuableâ collection is Gorillazâ DoYaThing. You canât buy a copy for less than ÂŁ350 there.
FlipVinyl are offeringâŚ
âŚor 0.000257% of its lowest Discogs purchase price.
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Everyone else is getting these bad offers from them, but I put in one of my prized 12"s and they quoted me 116x the going rate on Discogs.
Not that Iâd ever sell it
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You have to wonder whilst theyâre doing this other than to fuck with sisterray. Canât imagine theyâre keeping that basement shop thatâs about two streets away unless their business expansions strategy is Starbucks
It might be linked to this